Weekend Fun: Google Mail Goggles

by Mark Graban on October 18, 2008 · 5 comments

Official Gmail Blog: New in Labs: Stop sending mail you later regret

Ha, this isn’t an “error proofing” service I would need anymore, but it might be helpful for our younger (say early 20′s) readers. It’s a google Gmail setting that prevents you from sending regrettable drunken messages (say, to ex’s) by asking you a few math problems that you might not able to complete if drunk. Seems like a real google service — not a prank or joke.

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1 mike October 18, 2008 at 1:42 pm

the math is too easy…

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2 Francesca October 18, 2008 at 2:57 pm

Heh, well.

http://imgs.xkcd.com/blag/googlecopy.jpg

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3 Mark Graban October 18, 2008 at 6:09 pm

Ha ha, francesa, that’s some more difficult math, to say the least!

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4 mike October 19, 2008 at 5:36 am

Do you think Google will roll this out to blogger comment system…

im sober enough to read their simple captcha..

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5 Francesca October 20, 2008 at 2:29 am

We love Randall Munroe and his geekish humor.

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